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This volume brings together 14 essays by feminist thinkers from different parts of the world, reflecting on problems of current patterns of development and arguing for political, economic, and social changes to promote equality and sustainability.
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Guatemala is facing an increasing number of land invasions and seizures by Indigenous farmers frustrated by the slow pace of land reform promised in the 1996 Peace Accords. For example, in April 2002, hundreds of landless farmers occupied 14 strips...
Jertrudes is a vendor in a small municipal market just off the main street in Manhiça, Mozambique. The single mother of eight begins her day at 4:00 a.m. By 6:30, she is standing in her market stall, waiting for the first customer of the day. On her...
This book describes and analyzes protracted conflicts in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. In doing so, it emphasizes obstacles to peace rather than root causes of conflict. Case studies are presented from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the...
With governance high on the agenda in Africa, many governments are using information and communications technologies (ICTs) to develop ways in which they deliver services to citizens. E-governance has the potential to enable local governments to...
What factors affect child welfare? How can policy improve child welfare? In developing countries, there has been relatively little empirical work on the analysis and measurement of child poverty. Further, poverty has many dimensions, including...
Globalization, the information age, and the rise of the knowledge-based economy are significantly transforming the way we acquire, disseminate, and transform knowledge. And, as a result, knowledge production is becoming closer and more directly...
IDRC-supported researchers are working with the Government of Free State province, South Africa, to roll out lifesaving antiretroviral treatment while strengthening the health care system. “The AIDS issue has become more than a health issue, much...
It seems logical to suggest that public policies would be better constructed if policymakers had access to the best research. Yet all too often, researchers and policymakers inhabit separate spheres — the work of the two does not connect. For...
The link between research and policy is sometimes tenuous. But it is not necessarily so in Bangladesh where researchers from the International Development Research Centre's (IDRC) Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies (MIMAP)...
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